ISTANBUL — Three members of Iran’s security forces were killed overnight in clashes with protesters near Tehran in the latest sign of ongoing unrest despite a nationwide Internet blackout and heavy police crackdown./ Two members of the Basij paramilitary force and a commander in Iran’s elite ...
Protests in Iran triggered by petrol price hikes last week have subsided, an Iranian judiciary spokesman said on Tuesday, a day after the elite Revolutionary Guards warned of “decisive” action if anti-government protests do not cease./ FILE PHOTO: General view of the highway, after fuel price ...
Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds./ Iran has gone almost entirely offline as authorities try to stem the spread of/ Protesters took to the streets shortly after the government announced an increase in by as much as 300%. Social media images ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ Petrol stations, banks and shops were set on fire during protests over the weekend At least 12 people have been killed in Iran since protests against fuel price rises erupted three days ago, officials have said, although reports suggest the ...
Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards warned anti-government protesters of “decisive” action if unrest over gasoline price hikes do not cease, state media said, in a hint that a harsh security crackdown could be on the cards./ FILE PHOTO: People stop their cars in a highway to show their protest ...
Israelis gathered at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv mourned the return of the bodies/ On a bleak late winter's day, under leaden skies and occasional driving rain, this was the moment all Israelis had been dreading. It began, as all the handovers so far have begun, with a politically charged ...
The four dead hostages have been taken to Israel where they will undergo forensic examination/ Israel has received the bodies of four hostages taken alive by Hamas in its attack on 7 October 2023. It is the first time the group has returned captives dead since the ceasefire began last month. ...
About half of Yemen's population needs humanitarian assistance, including nearly 10 million children/ When Hanaa arrived at work a few months ago, she found "drawers and doors smashed, and the boss surrounded by security personnel". Computers, phones, cameras and documents were all confiscated, ...
The Bibas children Kfir and Ariel were the youngest hostages taken to Gaza by Hamas/ Hamas says it will hand over the bodies of four hostages on Thursday, including the two youngest people held by the Palestinian armed group. The group's negotiator Khalil al-Hayya said the bodies to be released ...
Villagers have been returning to areas vacated by Israeli forces in southern Lebanon/ Israeli forces have pulled out from towns and villages in southern Lebanon but remain in five locations along the border in what the Lebanese government describes as a violation of a ceasefire deal. Tuesday ...
Before being detained, the Foremans shared videos of their travels in Iran/ Detained Britons Craig and Lindsay Foreman have been charged in Iran with espionage, the country's judiciary news agency has said. Mr and Mrs Foreman were arrested in January but news of their detention, on unspecified ...
Rubio's visit resumes the warm relations the US and Saudi Arabia had in Trump's first term/ The choice by the Trump administration of Saudi Arabia as the location for key talks on Ukraine underscores how far the Kingdom has come diplomatically from the near pariah state it became after the ...
The collection includes Jackson Pollock's Mural On Indian Red Ground/ It has been dubbed one of the world's rarest treasure troves of art but few people outside its host country know about it. For decades, masterpieces by the likes of Pablo Picasso, Vincent Van Gogh, Andy Warhol and Jackson ...
Zakaria is 11 and helps at one of the biggest hospitals in Gaza – al-Aqsa – under the mentorship of an experienced paramedic. As war raged across the strip, he could be found carrying wounded and traumatised victims into the emergency ward for treatment, wiping blood from his hands as he went ...
The US secretary of state met the Israeli prime minister in Jerusalem on Sunday/ Israel's prime minister has said he is working to make US President Donald Trump's plan to remove and resettle Gaza's population "a reality". Benjamin Netanyahu said he was cooperating with the US on a "common ...